Explainer: The Hormuz digital chokepoint - How does the Iran war threaten subsea cables?The narrow waterway, already a chokepoint for global oil shipments, is equally vital for the digital world. Several fibre-optic cables snak...
28 Apr, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
The Hormuz digital chokepoint: How does the Iran war threaten subsea cables?Iran has highlighted the vulnerability of submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz. These vital undersea links carry 99% of global internet...
28 Apr, 2026, 06.09 PM IST
The Hormuz digital chokepoint: Where oil, war and the internet collideIran has highlighted the vulnerability of submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz. These vital undersea links carry 99% of global internet...
28 Apr, 2026, 01.32 PM IST
New airplane seat concept will enable wheelchair-bound travellers to fly comfortablyWhile the seat is still a work of progress, once ready it can easily serve as both the traditional airplane seat and wheelchair.
09 Jun, 2023, 07.43 PM IST
BAE Systems to work with Heart Aerospace on electric airplane batteryThe ES-30 will be powered by four electric motors, with an all-electric range of 200 kilometers, an extended reserve hybrid range of 400 ki...
30 Mar, 2023, 01.37 PM IST
Meet Alice, world's first all-electric airplane which completed its first flightAlice produces no carbon emissions, significantly reduces noise, and costs a fraction to operate per flight hour compared to light jets or ...
29 Sep, 2022, 05.35 PM IST
FAA says new Boeing production problem found in undelivered 787 DreamlinersThis is the latest production issue to hit Boeing's troubled 787 Dreamliner.
13 Jul, 2021, 09.05 AM IST
Biden to order agencies to revisit vehicle tailpipe emissions standardsThe Trump administration in March finalized a rollback of U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards to require 1.5% annual increases in...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Travel and offices to get safer. New air filter can 'catch and kill' coronavirusThis filter could be useful in airports, schools, and cruise ships to stop the spread of Covid.
08 Jul, 2020, 05.43 PM IST
World's largest aircraft passes first engine testsThe 747 turbofan engines were loaded with fuel, started one at a time and then allowed to idle at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Californ...
25 Sep, 2017, 03.07 PM IST
Air India to take delivery of four more dreamliners this yearThe airline has acquired 23 dreamliners during the period from September 2012 to January 9, 2017, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jaya...
09 Feb, 2017, 07.14 PM IST
NASA to build quieter, battery-powered airplaneIts goals like the X-57 include demonstrating advanced technologies to reduce fuel use, emissions and noise, and thus accelerate their intr...
18 Jun, 2016, 12.27 PM IST
First hybrid-electric airplane tested in UKThe demonstrator aircraft uses up to 30 per cent less fuel than a comparable plane with a petrol-only engine.
25 Dec, 2014, 04.30 PM IST
An engineer has turned a plane into a cool homeCampbell has spent about $220,000 ( Rs 13,021,894) turning the plane into a home and he spends six months out of the year living there.
12 Jun, 2014, 08.55 AM IST
- IIM-Ahmedabad to outline benefits of bullet train
The research, which is going to be part of an ongoing research on 'Sustainable urban transport,' is being carried out by IIM-A faculty P R ...
21 Jul, 2011, 11.59 AM IST
- Boeing says 'immature' technology behind 787 Dreamliner delay
Boeing said on Sunday that the use of "immature" technology caused delays in the delivery of its 787 Dreamliner passenjer jet, a project al...
23 Jan, 2011, 08.46 PM IST
- Boeing tests Dreamliner after series of delays
Boeing on Monday resumed flight tests of its 787 Dreamliner in the hope of winning over US regulators after a string of technical mishaps a...
18 Jan, 2011, 10.35 AM IST